indication
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< Latin indicātiō (“‘a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation’”) < indicō (“‘point out, indicate, show; value’”); see indicate; confer French indication, Spanish indicacion, Italian indicazione.
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
[edit] Noun
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indication (plural indications)
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
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- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. Joseph Addison.
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- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
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that which serves to indicate or point out
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[edit] External links
- indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- indication in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
